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Heres my entry. Blooming life and illness got in the way this month. So its a bit of a rush job towards the end but gonna call them finished.

Calling it done. Still need to do the decals, but I recently picked up some micro sol/set and want to practice using them without rushing on competition models. Photos could probably be a little better, but that’s life.

Pushed for some edge highlighting on these guys. Might be subtle, but it’s consistently there. Need more practice, but then, I’ve got all the rest of the primaris guys to get better on. Got a squad ready for the table. The stretch goal guy with the GL didn’t make the photo cut, but I hope to have him done for this weekend. The Boy didn’t rise to the challenge as I hoped, but I think he got one or two done. I’ve asked for pics, we’ll see if he sends them.

So there was an issue with the Grot Orderly's Needle, and by issue, I mean it snapped clean off. Kinda scuppered my progress, so my entry isn't 100% complete; I worked too bloody hard to step out of the competition though!

So here he is completed (sorta)





Gotta say there was more detail on this than I was prepared for... I used over 50 different paints, and I still haven't finished him - that's certainly a record for me!

I'm calling these guys done (at least for the purposes of this), even though they've had a few steps skipped, have no jump packs and the bases aren't done.

Final images. Sheesh, 1:30am.













I don't know if everyone knows the lore of the Stormcast Eternals, so I'll give a little potted history to explain what my thinking was with these miniatures. The old Warhammer world was destroyed, taken over by chaos. Evil won. And for centuries hell reigned over the remaining people of the realms created in the place of the old world. I think that's roughly right. The important thing is it's hell, ruled by the likes of Khorne and Nurgle et al. The Stormcasts are crated by their god, Sigmar, hundreds of years later to try to fight back. They are the reforged souls of warriors from the old world, taken from that world and brought back to life and reformed into stronger bodies by Sigmar. When they die, Sigmar can raise them again to fight once more, but each time they are raised they lose more of their humanity, more of their memories, and they gradually become a bit perculiar. This seems to happen in a variety of ways, but for example one soldier might become quieter, have much less of an individual personality, but be more inclined to follow orders. They also don't actually know how many times they have been reforged, and how much they have changed.

To me, this is all pretty bleak. They are both the one shining beacon of hope in the darkness, but also represent something tragic. I didn't want to paint them as conquering heroes or golden angelic figures. I wanted to paint them to look cold, and used pretty much all cold tones. The gold is shaded with blue rather than brown or orange, for example. The only bit of heat I wanted to appear on the models was the blood of their enemies which covers them. I don't know if I achieved all that, but that was the thinking.

2:30 am, but here are the final pictures! Dark Souls goodness for everyone!

Royal Sentinel


Silver Knight


Silver Knight Archer


Hollow Soldier


Hollow Archer


Hollow Soldier w/ Greataxe


BONUS! The Heroes! They too must hold the line!

Assassin


Herald


Knight


Warrior

Here's my Guardian. I really love the character that they have, and surprisingly, with modern style paint jobs... they hold up well! I have about 60 metal guardians. Sadly, finding plastic arms / weapons from the same era is pretty hard these days, so I fear about a dozen of them will remain unfinished in perpetuity.

Eldar were my first army back in 1994. Under the spoiler, for the brave... there's a comparison shot between this bloke and one of his brothers from 1999... Its crazy to think that he was part of an army that was considered above average quality back then. The entire hobby has really moved forwards in terms of quality. The internet, when its powers are used for good, really is can be a great vehicle for sharing ideas / techniques. That and easy availability of hobby products like acrylic medium and washes really has raised the level of the entire hobby. The high quality of work in this thread is a testament to that! Back then, it was all drybrushing. Edge highlighting was uncommonly employed and static grass bases was state of the art. Wet blending was exclusively the domain of Grand Tournament armies and Golden Demon entries! Scorched brown bases were a radical departure from the usual goblin green rings of the era.



AVERT YOUR EYES... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. The old guy doesn't look so good under the bright lights...

Yeah, I had a plumbing issue that ate up the last 3 days I had, so My squad isn't finished :(. Sorry gang.

Lord bane, that sucks. Hopefully next month you get better luck. Did you manage to sneak one or two of them out? Goodness knows i've done cut down entries before...
Keezus, your "avert your eyes" is my "wish I could manage that good", no shame there.

Wow, so much amazing entries, and funny ones too! You guys are filled to the brim with talent, I always enjoy seeing how everyone paints his own way, a bit like everybody has different writing. I can't wait to watch how the voting part goes.
Good luck everyone!

Calling things to a close here, poll will go up tomorrow as I'm very tight for time at the moment.

Was not able to get everything finished due to work but at least for the tactical squad I just need to drybrush the bases and glue them on. The firedrake's I didn't want to rush so they currently just have all the details blacked out. I plan on doing the flames and skulls on the firedrake's a bronze colour similar to the shoulder pads on the tactical squad

Vote is here, thanks to Midget Gems stepping in to set it up:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/745883.page